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A review by book_concierge
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
4.0
Book on CD read by Christopher Timothy
This is the book that launched a successful series of memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet in the years before World War II. I am definitely *not* an animal person but Herriot’s reminiscences of his early efforts to build a practice were delightful, if a bit repetitious.
This is a re-read for me. I first read it back in the early 1970s when it was a fairly new book. I probably bought it as a “book-club” selection from Book of the Month or Literary Guild or some other similar organization. I remember that I really loved it, and would probably have given it 4 stars (or possibly even 5 stars). Today it’s a 3-star read for me, but I’ll give it the fourth star as that was closer to my original reaction.
Christopher Timothy does a great job of performing the audiobook. He has a wide range of voices to use in bringing the farmers of Yorkshire to life.
This is the book that launched a successful series of memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet in the years before World War II. I am definitely *not* an animal person but Herriot’s reminiscences of his early efforts to build a practice were delightful, if a bit repetitious.
This is a re-read for me. I first read it back in the early 1970s when it was a fairly new book. I probably bought it as a “book-club” selection from Book of the Month or Literary Guild or some other similar organization. I remember that I really loved it, and would probably have given it 4 stars (or possibly even 5 stars). Today it’s a 3-star read for me, but I’ll give it the fourth star as that was closer to my original reaction.
Christopher Timothy does a great job of performing the audiobook. He has a wide range of voices to use in bringing the farmers of Yorkshire to life.